Variant Analysis: Clanrats and why we were right-correct.
After the great reception that my last post got (Chaos Knights of Slaanesh; To Lance or not to Lance?) I decided I wanted to go a bit further, do a bit more mathy business. I might keep doing this, or I might not. It depends entirely on if I keep enjoying crunching the numbers.
I floated the idea of comparing Clanrats Swords with the spear variant to see what we can learn and I'm gonna stick with that!
All talk will be about Clanrats (Shields) and Clanrat Spears (Shields), or one of the targets I will pit them against. All stats will be based on the unit & spell browser as per 2.2.1
For units like Clanrats that are not built for charging I will include the charge bonus damage calculations, but I will NOT draw conclusions based on them. You simply won't be cycle charging this kind of infantry.
Note, I found a wiki page that claims a minimum of 8% chance to hit and a maximum of 90%. I'm NOT going to update the slaaneshi knights one, as to do so properly would take a lot of math being redone. But I will work with these numbers from now on.
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Abbreviations:
HpM: Health per Model
A: Armor
MA: Melee Attack
MD: Melee Defence
CB: Charge Bonus
WS: Weapon Strength
AP: Armor-Piercing damage
Base: Base weapon damage
CTH: Chance to Hit
Sw: Sword variant
Sp: Spear variant
BvL: Versus Large
ATK: Attacks To Kill
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The targets will be the following units:
Skaven - Skavenslaves
Greenskins - Goblins
Empire - Swordsmen
Slaanesh - Daemonettes of Slaanesh
High Elves - Silverin Guard
AND
Greenskins - Goblin Wolf Riders
Wood Elves - Glade Riders
Empire - Empire Knights
Plus, for funsies
Ogres - Crushers (Ironfist)
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Basic Calculations:
**Sw**: CTH: 24 MA + 40 base CTH = 64 MA, = 64% CTH.
Damage: 26 WS, 23.1% AP = 20 Base + 6 AP.
10 CB * 0.231 (AP ratio) = 2.31 CB AP + 6 = 8.31 AP and 20 Base + 7.69 CB Base = 27.69 Base
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**Sp**: CTH: 18 MA + 40 base CTH = 58 MA, = 58% CTH
Damage: 23 WS, 21.8% AP = 18 Base + 5 AP
6 CB * 0.218 (AP ratio) = 1.3 CB AP + 5 = 6.3 AP and 18 Base + 4.7 CB Base = 22.7 Base
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**Sp BvL**: CTH: 18 MA + 9 BvL = 27 MA + 40 base CTH = 67 MA, = 67% CTH
Damage: 23 WS, 21.8% AP = 18 Base + 5 AP
BvL: 9 * 0.218 = 7 Base and 2 AP
for 18 + 7 = 25 Base and 2 + 5 = 7 AP
6 CB * 0.218 (AP ratio) = 1.3 CB AP + 5 = 6.3 AP and 18 Base + 4.7 CB Base = 22.7 Base
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Skaven - Skavenslaves